Aloysio Nunes Ferreira Filho (born 5 April 1945) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. A member of
PSDB
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, Nunes was a senator from
São Paulo
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from 2011 to 2017, and was Brazil's
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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from 2017 to 2019.
Biography
Aloysio Nunes attended the
University of São Paulo Law School in the 1960s when he got involved into politics, associated with the
Brazilian Communist Party
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. During the
military dictatorship
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The reverse situation is to have civilian control of the m ...
he participated in protest robberies and mugging. Later he was exiled in
Paris
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,
France
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.
In 1979 he was able to return to Brazilian soil due to the Amnesty Law, that pardoned the oppositionist political militants. He de-affiliated from the
Brazilian Communist Party
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and joined the
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party
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. In 1982 he was elected deputy in
São Paulo
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. The dictatorship ended in 1985.
Political career
In 1990 he was elected vice governor of
São Paulo
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. He governed the state in a few occasions, when the governor was travelling or in each case, absent.
He was candidate for mayor of the city of
São Paulo
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in 1992, but lost to
Paulo Maluf
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.
He was elected federal deputy in 1994. In 1997 he left the party and joined the
Brazilian Social Democracy Party
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Brazil has a multi-pa ...
. He was a special aide to president
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
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and later his minister of justice.
He worked in the governments of
José Serra
José Serra Chirico (; born 19 March 1942) is a Brazilian politician who has served as a Congressman, Senator, Minister of Planning, Minister of Health, Mayor of São Paulo, Governor of São Paulo state, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Braz ...
in the
city
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and the
state
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of São Paulo.
In 2010 he was elected the senator with the highest number of votes in the history of
Brazil
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, with astonishing 11.189.168 votes (30.4%).
He was the candidate to the vice presidency in the 2014 presidential elections in
Aécio Neves
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's ticket. Together they had obtained slightly more than 51 million votes, however they lost the elections by a slight margin to
Dilma Rousseff
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, from the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores - PT).
See also
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List of foreign ministers in 2017
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*# Ramtane Lamamra (2013–2017)
*# Abdelkader Messahel (2017–2019)
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*#Georges Rebelo Chicoti (2010–2017)
*#Manuel Domingos Augusto (2017–2020)
* - Aurélien Agbénonci (2016–pre ...
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List of current foreign ministers
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References
Biography of Aloysio NunesAloysio Nunes official websiteSenate profile of Aloysio Nunes
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1945 births
20th-century Brazilian lawyers
Brazilian Social Democracy Party politicians
Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians
Brazilian Communist Party politicians
Foreign ministers of Brazil
Living people
Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil)
Members of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo
University of São Paulo alumni
Vice Governors of São Paulo (state)
20th-century Brazilian politicians
21st-century Brazilian politicians
Candidates for Vice President of Brazil